I should know better, but I admit that I do it too. I’ve just pulled some sliced chicken out of the fridge, as I set out to make up some sandwiches. I notice the chicken is within its use-by date, but I’m still suspicious. Another member of the family hasContinue Reading
The Vikram lander should carry the rover to the lunar surface. ISRO, Author provided On Wednesday August 23, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mission Chandrayaan-3 will deploy its lander and rover to the surface of the Moon. As the name suggests, this is the third mission in a programmeContinue Reading
O ne of the most prestigious private schools in the country has been given the green light to open free selective sixth form colleges in disadvantaged areas. Eton College, a boarding school near Windsor in Berkshire, and academy trust Star Academies will set up three state sixth forms in Dudley,Continue Reading
A sylum seeker accommodation costs will eventually exceed £5 billion annually even if the Government’s Rwanda deportation plan is ruled lawful by the Supreme Court, a report reveals. Housing costs will balloon as a “perma-backlog” of asylum seeker cases grows, even if the Government were to remove hundreds of peopleContinue Reading
N adine Dorries is facing increasing pressure to step down as an MP as a second council has demanded her immediate departure from office. The Tory former cabinet minister announced her intention to quit in June after she failed to receive a peerage in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list butContinue Reading
“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” couldn’t be more different. Yet when it emerged that both films would be released on the same day – 21 July – what initially seemed like a major clash “spawned a portmanteau name”. “This is the summer of Barbenheimer,” wrote Nicholas Barber for BBC Culture, and the twoContinue Reading
You can track your menopause symptoms by using an app, a dedicated website or a diary. Krotnakro/Shutterstock Menopause can cause more symptoms than hot flushes alone. And some of your symptoms and reactions might be due to the menopause, even if you are still having periods. Research shows that keepingContinue Reading
imrankadir/Shutterstock When Angela, a Malayan sun bear, stood up and waved to visitors to her enclosure at the Huangzhou Zoo in China on July 27, she became a social media sensation. Her build, posture and seemingly friendly gesture seemed so human that people speculated that she was actually a costumedContinue Reading
A round 300,000 fewer top GCSE grades could be awarded this week in a “shock” to pupils and their parents, it has been suggested. Exams regulator Ofqual has said a return to pre-pandemic grading means this year’s national GCSE results in England will be lower than last year and similarContinue Reading
L ondon mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of attempting to “squash dissent”, after his deputy asked a City Hall-funded expert to counter science that questioned the benefits of a charge on polluting vehicles. Shirley Rodrigues asked an academic, who was in receipt of funding from Mr Khan’s office, onContinue Reading
